Clearlake Municipal Code § 7-5 Dogs

Every owner of a dog shall procure a license for the dog and shall pay therefor a dog license fee as established by resolution of the City Council. All dog licenses issued hereunder shall expire one (1) year after their date of issuance. Any license which was properly issuable more than thirty (30) days prior to the actual date of issuance under provisions of this Chapter shall be subject to a penalty fee as established by resolution of the City Council. (Ord. #41, A6, S1; Ord. #15-89)

Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection 7-5.1 above, any owner who brings his dog into this City after November 1 of the year for which the license is to be issued or any owner whose dog reaches the age of four (4) months after November 1 of the year for which the license is to be issued, or any owner of a dog for which an individual license was not theretofore required shall procure a license for such dog from the Animal Control Officer within a period of thirty (30) days after such dog is brought into the City, becomes four (4) months of age, or becomes subject to the individual licensing provisions of this Chapter. The fee to be paid for such license shall be prorated to the nearest whole month; provided, however, that as to any owner failing to procure such license within the time limit, the additional fee and penalty provisions of subsection 7-5.1 shall apply. (Ord. #41, A6, S2)

License fees shall not be required for seeing eye dogs or governmental police dogs. The license fee for any spayed or neutered dog shall be one-half (1/2) of the fee otherwise required. (Ord. #41, A6, S3)

No dog owner shall: a. Refuse to display such dog to the Animal Control Officer upon his reasonable request, together with a current license tag as required by this article; b. To refuse to obey the conditions of a lawfully imposed quarantine; c. To own, harbor or control any dog which: 1. Is abandoned;

Is trespassing on public or private property so as to damage or destroy anything of value thereon, or to commit a nuisance thereon; 3. Is running at large when he knows or should know that the animal is vicious to the safety of any person or animal; 4. In the case of a female dog, is running at large or remaining accessible to other dogs running at large while the female dog is in heat or breeding condition; 5. Is trespassing on private property; 6. Is staked or tied on any street or other public place, or upon any private property without the consent of the owner or occupant thereof, provided that this provision shall only be enforced upon complaint of an interested party. 7. Is under the age of four (4) months and running at large; 8. Has attached to it a dog license which was issued for another dog; 9. Is at large or kept on any street or other public place or private property against the wishes of the owner or occupant, or in any manner or place to the injury of the owner or occupant of any other property. As used in this subsection, “at large” shall mean an animal not under restraint by leash, not in an enclosed area. A hunting dog is presumed to be under direct control of its owner when performing in the act of legally hunting game, upland or waterfowl or within the area or confines of its owner’s property. A stock dog is presumed to be under direct control of its owner when performing its herding duties. (Ord. #41, A6, S4)

a. Duty to Dispose. It shall be the duty of each person who owns, possesses or controls a dog to remove and dispose of any feces left by his/her dog on any sidewalk, street or other public area. It shall further be the duty of each person who owns, possesses or controls a dog to remove and dispose of any feces left by his/her dog on any private property neither owned nor occupied by said person. b. Duty to Possess Means of Removal. No person who owns, possesses or controls such dog shall appear with such dog on any sidewalk, street, park or other public area without the means of removal of any feces left by such dog. Furthermore, no person who owns, possesses or controls such dog shall appear on any private property neither owned nor occupied by said person without the means of removal of any feces left by said dog. c. Method of Removal and Disposal. For the purposes of this subsection, the means of removal shall be any plastic bag, tool, implement, or other device carried and used for the purpose of picking up and containing such feces, unexposed to said person and unexposed to the public. Disposal shall be accomplished by transporting such feces to a receptacle or other place suitable for the disposal of waste, trash, or debris.

d. Fines of Violation. Violation of this regulation shall be punished by a fine of fifty ($50.00) dollars for each occurrence. e. Enforcement. Violation of this regulation shall be enforced in accordance with law. f. Exemption. This regulation shall not apply to a dog accompanying any handicapped person who, by reason of his/her handicap, is physically unable to comply with the requirements of this subsection. g. Severability. The provisions of this subsection are severable; and if any of the provisions of this subsection shall be held unconstitutional or otherwise invalid by any court of competent jurisdiction, the decision of such court shall not affect or impair any of the remaining provisions. (Ord. #180-2015, S3)

a. No person owning or having charge, care, custody, or control of any dog shall cause or permit, either willfully or through failure to exercise due care or control, any such dog to be upon any private property unless such dog be restrained thereon by a fence, wall, substantial chain, leash not exceeding six (6') feet in length, other appropriate physical restraint, or is under the charge of a person competent to exercise care, custody, and control over such dog. b. No person owning or having charge, care, custody, or control of any dog shall cause or permit, either willfully or through failure to exercise due care or control, any such dog to be upon any public property unless such dog be restrained by a substantial chain, or leash not exceeding six (6') feet in length, and is under the charge of a person competent to exercise care, custody, and control over such dog, unless the owner or operator of such public property grants written permission for such dog to be on such property without such chain or leash. c. This section shall not apply to any police service dogs. (Ord. #180-2015, S4)